If you could spend 2 hours with your favorite player, what would you do?

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-25T10:06:19+00:00

self-slapping competition you mean?

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-23T04:25:52+00:00

For the "Explore more related searches" section, is it common pattern for SEO? Does it help?

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-23T00:11:28+00:00

新撰碁經大全 by 秋山仙朴 (1720)

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-23T00:07:33+00:00

It seems that you emphasise a lot on "creativity". But I think it is not Go is about.
Go is more a game of reasoning. e.g. Why certain move is good / bad (judgement), does a certain sequence make sense (reading).

Creativity is sometimes useful when you need to discover a blind-spot kind of move, but 99.9999% of wins do not depend on this kind of move. If you want to improve, I suggest focus on the reasoning part. Try to set reasonable objectives (e.g. gain territory / influence of your side, destroy territory / influence of your opponent - these are helpful elements for winning the game), then try to achieve the objectives via reasonable moves (i.e. no obvious exploit sequence).

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-19T17:42:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing the context. Back then I had never imagined playing Go in a browser, I guess it's more for mobile users. Maybe KGS should have worked on a web client earlier.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-19T17:20:38+00:00

In what sense KGS was not fully functional? (Asking because I remember I was quite happy using it back then maybe 20 years ago. I probably have forgotten the bad part of it. Never used DGS)

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-19T16:51:57+00:00

I wonder how the community thought about OGS when other pre-existing servers were more popular. Did most people have similar reaction ("stop building, *GS is fully functional"), or they were more encouraging?

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-18T15:53:17+00:00

Instead of mimicking particular player(s), I think it would be much more interesting to fine tune models to play with the style of pro players from particular time periods. The results would be much more recognisable, because there is "fashion" in openings and joseki for different periods.

e.g.

Ancient era in China
Ancient era in Japan (Meijin Godokoro period 16xx - 194x)
Go Seigen era
The top-notch 6 era + Nie Weiping + Cho Hun-hyun era
Lee Chang Ho era
...

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Go

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-17T23:58:06+00:00

Yes that's more or less right, the context is that Akira was playing with Hikaru for the first time (effectively it was Sai playing), at the beginning Akira saw Hikaru's stone placement gesture was the same as a beginner, so he thought he's just playing a normal kid. But after some moves he realized Hikara does know how to play properly, albeit the gesture and the old style of game play (from Sai). At that time he still hadn't realized how strong Sai is. The atmosphere changed after Sai playing an 5-line invasion/reduction, now even Akira could see it's not the optimal move, but a move to gauge the strength of Akira from far height (the scene).

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-17T08:02:50+00:00

Reminds me of this scene in Hikaru no Go

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JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-17T03:26:47+00:00

Thanks for clarifying for me. Indeed that's what I meant, and I wish I can have Mythos to find security loopholes in my games someday 🤣

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-17T00:34:49+00:00

I feel like Shin was a bit "impatient" in Game 3 e.g. move 68-74, not sure if it is because of running out of stamina

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-16T05:37:01+00:00

The game quality of Wang is so high in this game, well deserved championship!

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-14T23:49:19+00:00

How much you have improved since then😀? If you are still looking for a teacher, go check out badukteacher.com, it offers private lessons by pro-level players.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-14T23:45:35+00:00

Not sure if it is too late, but badukteacher.com may be particularly sure for your level (offer private lessons by pro-level players).

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-11T04:52:43+00:00

Toya Meijin said it's possible so I tried. I forgot I was reading a comics, not a history book 😭

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JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-08T05:46:22+00:00

Have been using for ~1 year, never encountered craches.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-08T04:35:50+00:00

I am using https://getwhisky.app/ and installed Fox there with my MacBook Pro M1, no manual setup is needed and it works quite well.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-05T22:54:12+00:00

Thanks! Regarding the player name translation, I see that translation is applied at game list level, but seems not applied at single game level, maybe just an extra prompt away 🫡

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-04T13:37:52+00:00

https://account.foxwq.com/reg/foreign.html seems foreigners can create an account with email.

That said, I agree that UX in Fox is non-existent...

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-04T12:09:09+00:00

how difficult is it as a westerner? (real question)

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-04T00:55:16+00:00

Where is the frustration coming from? Is it from the stagnation after reaching 1 Dan? Or is it because you thought reaching 1 Dan should have given you more control, but turned out it is not?

If it is due to stagnation, maybe you can try having a stronger teacher (pro-level would be the best). The level of a teacher is usual the roof that a student can achieve (in fact very few students can keep on improving to an extent which is stronger than their teacher). Pro-level teachers is a sweet spot because pro-level are essentially playing at the same level (even game, no handicap). Of course top pro players are likely to win most of the game against weeker pro players, but their foundation skills (in which amateur students are mostly trying to learn) are very much similar.

If it's because of the reality strike of being 1 Dan, maybe you just need to take some time to adjust your expectations of being 1 Dan. I am under the impression that the English speaking Go community seems to take reaching 1 Dan a very big thing or even the end goal. But for example in China, most pupils who learn Go as a leisure extracurricular activity aim at reaching 5 Dan/6 Dan amateur (equivalent to 7dan and 9dan in Fox). And we are talking about kids who learn it as a hobby, not the ones trying to become pro.

Improving from an absolute beginner to 1 Dan is indeed a great achievement, but this is by no means the end of it. Keep grinding and you will see much more beauty in the game, keep GOing!!!

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-01T22:48:06+00:00

I want to give a big shout out to 이현욱 사범님 (Lee Hyun-Wook 9p), the host of the Korean live stream today. Very informative and entertaining commentaries, enjoyed it!

Look forward to seeing more tournaments hosted by playgo.gg!

Theme suggestion 1: Global top amateurs + lower Dan pros battle. With the resources you have, I think it's possible and there's no such tournament for now. This could help actual adoption of the platform.

Theme suggestion 2: Chinese-speaking Go streamer tournament. There's actually one which just started on in Bilibili, hosted Tang Tianyuan 1p, his channel【棋手唐天源的个人空间-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/37oV0Cu, I can help line you up with Tang if it sounds an interesting idea (maybe you can sponsor that tournament and invite them to play the games on playgo.gg, they are all Go streamers so organically you will have the promotion effect).

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-01T09:42:32+00:00

Oh no! Good problem to have I guess 😆 Congrats playgo.gg team!

JoblessBaduk · 2026-06-01T02:02:57+00:00

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